Contes en vers
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| + | "The ''[[Contes en vers |conte-en-vers]]'' is therefore the real connecting link between the earlier folktale collections and the modern scientific collections, and is the real repository of the native and original humorous material for nearly two centuries (1650-1850), where little of an original nature and almost nothing native will be found in the [[jestbook]]s. The entire literature of the ''conte-en-vers'', whether dated from the burlesque and [[Aretinesque]] academies of the 1550's in Italy, or from La Fontaine's ''contes'', "tirés de [[Boccace]]" as he perfectly frankly admits, in the 1660's ... represents in sum an exceptionally large repertory of jokes and tales, purposely sought from the folk at a period when the jestbooks were already forgetful or contemptuous of folk sources, and far gone in sterile mutual plagiarism (Legman 1962, 237)."--"[[Toward a Motif-Index of Erotic Humor]]" (1962) by Gershon Legman | ||
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| + | "Aucune histoire, assurément, n'a retracé l'évolution du [[Contes en vers|conte en vers]]; mais est-il tant besoin d'avoir lu ''l'Histoire des Frères Penfant'' pour s'amuser au ''[[Bourgeois gentilhomme]]''? La vérité est que le conte en vers a disparu, en dépit de son agrément, parce qu'il a cessé de correspondre aux mœurs qui ont suivi la Révolution, après laquelle, il est vrai, plusieurs recueils ont été composés, mais toujours par des hommes élevés sous l'ancien régime, le dernier conteur, [[Beaufort d'Auberval]], étant né en 1764. Car le conte en vers n'est pas un art au sens propre du mot ; il est avant tout un témoignage de mœurs. Et c'est à ce titre que ce recueil vient prendre place dans cette collection."--''[[Contes et conteurs gaillards au XVIIIe]]'' (1906) by Adolphe van Bever | ||
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| - | [[Contes en vers]] is a French literary genre first written by [[Jean La Fontaine]] in his ''[[Contes et nouvelles en vers]]''. Seventeenth century scholars did not consider Fontaine's works because of their [[obscene]] nature and they believed that it would break the folkloristic tradition. However, Fontaine's [[bawdy]] motifs of folktales signaled the beginning of a new genre in French folklore in the succeeding centuries. | + | '''Contes-en-vers''' ([[tales]] set to [[rhyme]]) is a French literary genre of which the best known example is [[Jean La Fontaine]]'s ''[[Contes et nouvelles en vers]]''. |
| - | [[Gershon Legman]] argued that the method of [[Motif-Index of Folk-Literature|indexing by tale-type and categorization of folk motif]]s provided by [[Antti Aarne]] and [[Stith Thompson]] should be expanded to include other works which have contributed a vital role to folkloristic literature. | + | Fontaine's [[bawdy]] motifs of folktales signaled the beginning of a new genre in French folklore in the succeeding centuries. |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Conte]] | ||
| + | *[[Verse (poetry)]] | ||
| + | *[[Fabliaux]] | ||
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"The conte-en-vers is therefore the real connecting link between the earlier folktale collections and the modern scientific collections, and is the real repository of the native and original humorous material for nearly two centuries (1650-1850), where little of an original nature and almost nothing native will be found in the jestbooks. The entire literature of the conte-en-vers, whether dated from the burlesque and Aretinesque academies of the 1550's in Italy, or from La Fontaine's contes, "tirés de Boccace" as he perfectly frankly admits, in the 1660's ... represents in sum an exceptionally large repertory of jokes and tales, purposely sought from the folk at a period when the jestbooks were already forgetful or contemptuous of folk sources, and far gone in sterile mutual plagiarism (Legman 1962, 237)."--"Toward a Motif-Index of Erotic Humor" (1962) by Gershon Legman "Aucune histoire, assurément, n'a retracé l'évolution du conte en vers; mais est-il tant besoin d'avoir lu l'Histoire des Frères Penfant pour s'amuser au Bourgeois gentilhomme? La vérité est que le conte en vers a disparu, en dépit de son agrément, parce qu'il a cessé de correspondre aux mœurs qui ont suivi la Révolution, après laquelle, il est vrai, plusieurs recueils ont été composés, mais toujours par des hommes élevés sous l'ancien régime, le dernier conteur, Beaufort d'Auberval, étant né en 1764. Car le conte en vers n'est pas un art au sens propre du mot ; il est avant tout un témoignage de mœurs. Et c'est à ce titre que ce recueil vient prendre place dans cette collection."--Contes et conteurs gaillards au XVIIIe (1906) by Adolphe van Bever |
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Contes-en-vers (tales set to rhyme) is a French literary genre of which the best known example is Jean La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers.
Fontaine's bawdy motifs of folktales signaled the beginning of a new genre in French folklore in the succeeding centuries.
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